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Love and toil : motherhood in outcast London, 1870-1918 /

The history of the British working class has until recently been written with a focus on the workplace or on such male organizations as clubs, unions or national political parties. This study of mothers in London before World War I stresses the distinctiveness of their experiences from those of othe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ross, Ellen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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  • A NOTE ON ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CURRENCY AND USAGE; ABBREVIATIONS; TABLES; INTRODUCTION "The Other History": Motherhood; 1. "Miss, I Wish I Had Your Life": The Poor of London and Their Chroniclers; 2. "There Is Meat Ye Know Not Of": Feeding a Family; 3. "A Gamble You Have to Take": Marriage; 4. "What Is Fated Must Be": Having Babies; 5. "I'll Bring 'Em Up in My Way": Child Rearing; 6. "She Fought for Me like a Tigress": Sickness and Health; 7. "The Value of Babies": Transforming Motherhood, 1900-1918; CONCLUSION: Rediscovering Motherhood; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.